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Re: pc compatibility



On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 01:29:26PM -0700, remigio wrote:
> I'd like to buy an Acer Aspire m1610 for a very convenient low price,
> but before this I want to know the Debian Etch compatibility on this
> pc. Have someone  had an experience in this way?
> Thanks very much.

Don't know but if its hot-off-the-press, remember that Etch isn't.  By
the time Stable becomes Stable (as Etch did a year ago), it doesn't take
long before bleeding edge hardware requries a newer kernel.  

Therefore, you may find that the Etch installer doesn't detect
everything and you'll need either Lenny or Sid.

Suggestion: burn the netinst.iso for Etch and try booting it on the box.
Go to a shell and look at the dmesg and check syslog for errors.

Doug.


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